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The vacancy
The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) is a national clinical audit programme run by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh Government. Our work aims to improve the care that patients with fragility fractures receive in hospital and after discharge and to reduce inpatient falls. At present, 300,000 fragility fractures occur each year in the UK including 70,000 hip fractures. Over 2,000 of these are experienced by hospital inpatients.
The audit programme currently has a Scientific review group, who review applications for research studies to use audit data. However, an opportunity has been identified to explore new ways of using the data and encouraging new applications for the use of data. The audit data has the potential to drive further research around osteoporosis and fragility fractures, not to mention supporting service and healthcare quality improvement. The Scientific advisory group has been created to make best use of FFFAP data to improve health outcomes, through condition specific and population level studies. This large volume of data is currently underutilised, which is why the scientific advisory group is being created to promote the data use to improve health outcomes, through condition specific and population level studies.
Purpose and scope
Aims of the Scientific advisory group
About you
We are looking for a variety of skills and experiences to support the aims of this group, to include the following:
For more information on this role, please view the job description at the bottom of this page.
How to apply
To apply, please submit a short cover letter (maximum one side of A4) via email to fffap@rcp.ac.uk
Please outline why you are interested in joining the falls and fragility fracture audit programme’s scientific advisory group and how your skills and experience meet one or more of the criteria being sought for this group.
Further details about the group and time commitments are available in the role description.
If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email fffap@rcp.ac.uk
Closing date: 30/11/2025
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by: 15/12/2025
The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.
The RCP is all about our people – our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518 by King Henry VIII. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.
The benefits
Buy
annual leave
Mental health activities
and sessions
Enhanced pension
scheme
Health cash plan and employee discounts
Our people
"I am passionate about supporting our current and next generation of physicians with an aim to improve patient care for all. Our strategic mission is educating, improving and influencing health care design and delivery".
“As a working mum, the RCP has gone above and beyond in helping me to achieve a work life balance. I have never been made to feel that I have to make a choice between work and family life.”
"Working at the RCP, my team and I have undertaken significant projects and initiatives that have shaped our workplace culture and HR strategies".
“As a working mum, the RCP has gone above and beyond in helping me to achieve a work life balance. I have never been made to feel that I have to make a choice between work and family life.”
"The RCP has a positive and inclusive culture. Everyone’s opinion is valued, regardless of their role, and everyone has the chance to get involved in things that are important to them".
“Starting as an apprentice, I gained a lot of exposure to various systems and had considerable levels of responsibility. This quickly developed my skills and boosted my self-confidence allowing me to take on further projects and responsibilities."
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